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Recent Examples of big business
While big business and political issues were being discussed and negotiated during his trip, including a multibillion-dollar technology deal and the war in Ukraine, royal spectacle dominated the day.
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Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025
At the same time, the share of Americans who favor big business has dropped significantly.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
Views of free enterprise remain largely positive, according to the new Gallup poll, but perceptions of big business have soured since 2010.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
More recently, from 2013 to 2014, Gardin documented the destructive transit of cruise ships through Venice’s delicate canals—a grotesque symbol for the domination of the city, and the country, by tourism and big business.
—Max Norman, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
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Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025
At the same time, the share of Americans who favor big business has dropped significantly.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
Views of free enterprise remain largely positive, according to the new Gallup poll, but perceptions of big business have soured since 2010.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
More recently, from 2013 to 2014, Gardin documented the destructive transit of cruise ships through Venice’s delicate canals—a grotesque symbol for the domination of the city, and the country, by tourism and big business.
—Max Norman, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for big business
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The Doctors Without Borders emergency center in the neighborhood of Turgeau had temporarily closed in March 2025 after armed men opened fire on four of the organization's vehicles that were evacuating staff from the center.—
NPR,
NPR,
17 Oct. 2025
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According to a report from CBS News, the volunteer foster organization hopes to place her and a feline companion with whom Xiao Mao has bonded in a forever home in the next few months.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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Another factor is whether your partnership's no-trump range is a strict 15-17 or includes good 14-counts.—
Deb Harvell,
Arkansas Online,
12 Oct. 2025
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This collaboration exemplifies the company’s composable weapons strategy, which aims to create more flexible and adaptable missile systems through strategic partnerships, according to a press release.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Oct. 2025
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As a precaution, health and trade associations are urging consumers and bars to destroy or properly dispose of empty bottles to prevent counterfeiters from reusing them in the production of fake liquor.—
Alessandra Freitas,
CNN Money,
12 Oct. 2025
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The players’ association and the WNBA agreed to an eight-year deal in 2020, but last year the WNBPA voted to opt out of the agreement early.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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Thousands of employees at the departments of Education, Treasury, Homeland Security and Health and Human Services, as well as the Environmental Protection Agency, are set to receive layoff notices, according to spokespeople for the agencies and union representatives for federal workers.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025
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The figure was detailed in a court document the Justice Department submitted in response to a lawsuit from unions representing government workers.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
12 Oct. 2025
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In an earlier era of communications, the arrival of each day’s edition of Daily Variety was Hollywood’s vital pulse of granular daily news developments across the major networks, studios, music labels, creative artisans, talent agencies, creative guilds, law firms and more.—
William Earl,
Variety,
14 Oct. 2025
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This is something that Hollywood’s guilds have railed against, from the introduction of ChatGPT, to the WGA & SAG strikes of 2023, and up to the present.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Big business.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/big%20business. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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